Chapter 374 Results Announced! (Two in One! Please Subscribe!)
When time came to September, the heat in the weather was a little less.
During this more than half a month, the roundup on the Valens Plain has ended, and the main culprit, "Black Rat" Sarada, has been executed by Old Ford.
However, the anti-gang operation launched by Idar police with thunderous force is still a topic of conversation among Idar people after dinner.
The promise made by old Ford in the city of Valens shocked countless Idar civilians - no matter where you are, the Principality of Idar will take you home!
This concise and straightforward statement, although not in an exciting tone, every word in the sentence is deafening, filling the hearts of all Idar citizens with an indescribable feeling.
Of course, Ford Sr.'s promises were never made casually.
He has the confidence to make a promise! As the entire human trafficking network was eradicated by the Idar Public Security Bureau, the death of "Black Rat" Sarada did not mean the end of the case investigation, but a beginning.
The interrogation of the gangsters has been carried out in an orderly manner in the prison of Valence City.
Among the functional departments under the Idar Public Security Bureau, there is a specialized agency called the Torture Department.
It has only one duty, which is to interrogate criminals.
But don’t be fooled by how simple it sounds. The threshold for entering the Torture Department is one of the highest even in the entire Idar Public Security Bureau.
The police officers of the Interrogation Department are all backbones drawn from the Public Security Bureau. They must not only be able to spell, but also be smart and able to adapt to changes.
Because only in this way can they find clues in the words and deeds of the criminals and find clues.
For the police officers in the interrogation department, torture and forced confessions are the most low-level and unreliable methods.
Although the Idar people are full of martial virtues, under the influence of Bruno, they have always adhered to the fine tradition of convincing people with reason and valuing harmony.
Courses such as criminal psychology, interrogation, criminal rehabilitation psychology, and prison penology are compulsory for police officers in the Interrogation Department.
Perhaps for these novices who are just starting to try out the practical operations, the interrogation process will not be smooth sailing.
but……
There were more than 50 thugs in the prison for them to practice their skills! Even if the harvest at the beginning was not ideal, they had plenty of time to follow the clues, find out the whereabouts of the trafficked people, and sort out the crimes each prisoner was charged with.
Perhaps this time will be very long, but Bruno can wait, old Ford can wait, and the Idar civilians who have lost their families can also wait.
However, these are all things of the past.
As the date for the announcement of the exam results approaches, the attention of the common people in Idar has shifted back to these two exams that they value very much.
The number of candidates participating in the first civil service examination of the Principality of Idar was the largest, with a total of 6,724 people; and the number of candidates participating in the entrance examination for Idar Public University was slightly less, but it was still 1,943 people.
Even though this number is somewhat unsatisfactory from the perspective of future generations, it is already a staggering figure for the people whose cultural level was still at the per capita prenatal education stage more than a year ago.
How many people are there in the Principality of Idar?
Less than one million!
Among these people, more than 90% were ordinary civilians who didn't know how to spell at all! Although after the completion of Two Point Academy, several other temporary academies were also built under Bruno's instructions, but...
With the help of several temporary colleges and the knowledge taught by the professors in the Idar Daily, the total number of candidates taking the exam was able to reach nearly 10,000. In Bruno's view, this was already a huge achievement.
What also excited Bruno was that perhaps the common people living in this era had already suffered a lot.
When they realized that this was an opportunity given to them by the Duke, all the people who wanted to learn spelling and become Idar civil servants basically put in 200% of their efforts! The common people of Idar knew that their foundation was very poor and they could not compare with the children of nobles and wealthy families who had been taught by tutors since childhood.
Therefore, in addition to the time spent working outside to supplement the family income, they spent almost all night studying, hoping to make up for the shortcomings in their cultural level through their own efforts.
Take the civil service exam as an example. Each subject has nearly 7,000 papers. Although the questions are relatively simple, the pass rate of these papers can reach more than 75%! This means that among these nearly 7,000 candidates, at least 5,000 have learned to spell and read.
Because... this is the prerequisite for them to complete the answer sheet!
Even if only 10% of these 5,000 people can meet Bruno's requirements, that would still be a total of 500 people!
Before Mr. Nicholas organized people to mark the test papers manually, Bruno once thought that it would be difficult for him to pass this exam and recruit all the civil servants needed at one time.
But……
As the progress of the examination progressed, the papers that were rated as excellent were presented to Bruno one by one. He finally realized that he didn't have to worry about the problem of not recruiting enough candidates. The final recruitment standard of the civil servants might even be higher than the originally set score line! The basic questions in the first half of the examination paper all had standard answers, and the scores of this part did not need to be judged by Bruno.
But Bruno attached great importance to the open-ended essay questions in the second half.
The opinions of the common people may not be satisfactory, but they can reflect the truest thoughts of the vast majority of the common people in the Principality of Idar. Through these test papers, Bruno can see the thinking methods and logic behind the answers.
These seemingly useless things will bring considerable benefits to the rule of the Stuart family! Bruno has the foresight from his previous life, but he knows very well that different social soils will breed different social systems and have different impacts on social development.
Only by conforming to the current development status of the Principality of Idar can the policies he promotes be truly implemented, rather than being just talk and becoming castles in the air.
Therefore, Bruno also hopes to find people with real ideas among the responses of these people and become his arms that he can reuse.
And apparently, he found it.
Since the names of the candidates had been covered, the examiners did not know who the answer sheet belonged to.
But Bruno, as a duke, couldn't suppress his curiosity after all. After the exam rankings and admission lists were officially finalized, he glanced at them.
And the candidate's name...is Ethan.
Ethan's answer to the last question was not amazing, but it made Bruno feel as if he was in another world.
because……
The last question of the essay section, titled "The tax system of the Principality of Idar", allows candidates to express their opinions on this topic.
The current agricultural tax system of the Principality of Idar is not perfect but very simple.
Regardless of how much land there is or how much grain is produced, agricultural tax is collected at 20% of the total grain output.
However, Ethan has completely different ideas about agricultural taxation.
Regardless of whether it is appropriate, if you dig deeper... Ethan's answer is more like the otherworldly version of "taxation on each acre"! According to Ethan's idea, agricultural tax should be divided into two parts, that is, to collect public grain (i.e. agricultural tax) according to the output of grain and the amount of land.
However, the social environment of the Principality of Idar at that time was completely different from the social situation when the ancient flower-growing countries implemented the "taxation per mu". There was neither a policy of collecting taxes based on the number of people nor anything to do with land annexation.
Ethan came up with this idea more out of other considerations.
As grain production in the Principality of Idar gradually increased, hunger was no longer the norm in society, so more and more people began to grow vegetables, fruits, and even cash crops such as beets.
The reason is simple: these vegetables, fruits and cash crops can be sold at higher prices, and the people of the Principality of Idar can also buy enough food in the market with the copper coins in their pockets.
But Ethan became wary of this phenomenon. Although it is unlikely, if all the people grow vegetables and other cash crops, then who will grow enough food to fill their stomachs?
In Ethan's opinion, the Idar Government Office should set a red line and stipulate the minimum amount of public grain that must be paid per acre of land, so as to ensure the food security of the Idar Principality in terms of food supply! Food security!
This was the first time that Bruno heard this word, which was frequently mentioned in his previous life, from the words of the natives of this era. Therefore, the name Ethan was also firmly remembered by Bruno in his heart.
This is a talent worth cultivating! …
Amid everyone's anticipation, the day of announcing the results finally arrived.
Since the number of candidates taking the exam this time is nearly 10,000, under Bruno's order, Mr. Nicholas divided the overall list of civil servant exam results into several sub-lists according to the candidates' residence addresses.
Early in the morning on the day when the results were announced, the gates of the management committees of various communities were crowded with civilians who had heard the news.
Even people who had never taken the exam came to watch out of curiosity. After all... for many civilians, becoming a civil servant could be considered an unprecedented class leap!
Each list has four columns, namely the candidate's name, test score, overall ranking and whether or not he/she has been shortlisted for interview.
That's right.
For the civil service examination, the written test is only the first step in selecting officials.
Bruno wants to recruit hardworking people, not small-town test-takers who only know how to do paperwork! So after passing the written test, if you want to truly become a civil servant of the Principality of Idar, you still have to go through an interview at the Idar Government Office!
"I'm in! I'm in!"
People's joy is not shared.
The candidates who were not shortlisted all beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting why they did not try harder before; while the shortlisted candidates looked around, tilted their necks and cheered! Although for them, this is just the first step to become a civil servant, and there are still interviews waiting for them, but... According to the Idar Government Office, the interview-to-employment ratio is about 3:2.
And this means... out of every three people, two will successfully squeeze into the ranks of the civil servants of the Principality of Idar and become respected Idar civil servants!
So in addition to being happy, they also made up their minds to perform well in the upcoming interviews and never let down their families! When the list of candidates for the civil servant exam caused an uproar in various communities, the list of candidates for the university entrance exam was finally announced on the bulletin board of Idar Public University.
only……
Unlike the first civil service examination in the Principality of Idar, the examination subjects and content of the public university examination are much more complicated.
There are five colleges in the first batch of recruiting students.
They are the School of Architecture, headed by Master Andy, the Polytechnic Institute, composed of craftsmen, the School of Economics, headed by Julian Heaton, the School of Humanities, which specializes in studying social conditions, and the Idar Medical School, which has just been incorporated into the Idar Public University.
The test questions of each college are different, and the requirements for candidates also have different emphases.
The school with the largest number of students this time is naturally the Polytechnic Institute, which Bruno values the most! There is no upper limit on the number of students to be admitted!
As long as the admission score is higher than the Polytechnic Institute's admission score, the Polytechnic Institute of Idar Public University will certainly accept all applicants! However...
Since the content of the Polytechnic Institute exam is more abstract and the math requirements are much higher than the Idar Principality's civil servant exam, therefore...
Although there were thousands of applicants, the admission rate was dismal.
The Polytechnic Institute admitted 113 students, while the entire Idar Public University admitted no more than 200 students!
You know, the number of craftsmen employed in the research workshop under the Polytechnic Institute alone far exceeds 200 people! If you add in other colleges and some research institutes that are temporarily closed to external students, the number of various teaching and non-teaching researchers employed by Idar Public University has even exceeded 600!
so……
Cramming 200 freshmen into the campus of Idar Public University wouldn't create a single wave.
Not to mention that it can't create any waves, with such a large number of people, it can't even fill up a teaching building!
Seeing the stark difference between the Idar Civil Service Examination and the University Entrance Examination, Bruno couldn't help but smile bitterly. The cultivation of talents in the Principality of Idar still had a long way to go...
(End of this chapter)
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